Ruling-pen.



PATENTED NOV. 10, 1903.

1), M, HALL. RULING' PEN.

. APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 27, 1903.

NO MODEL.

PETERS ct: Pnor UNITED STATES Patented November 10, 1903.

DUPREE M. HALL, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

RULlNG-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,865, dated November 10, 1903.

Application filed March 27, 1903.

T0 otZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUPREE M. HALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ruling-Pens, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ruling-pens; and the object is to provide an improved multiple ruling-pen by means of which anumber of parallel lines may be si-. multaneously drawn with the same case and facility with whicha single line may be drawn with the ordinary construction of ruling-pen.

With the above object in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described, particularly pointed out in the claims, and clearly illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of one form of my improved pen in connection with a suitable holder, and Figs. 2 and 3 similar views of different forms of the pen.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the shank of the pen, shaped at one end to fit in an ordinary penholder 2 and carrying at its opposite end a fork-shaped portion the forks 3 of which are formed each with one or more ruling-points 4. As illustrated by the drawings, the shank, forks, and points, together with the usual ink-reservoir 5 for each point, are formed from a single piece of metal.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the pen provided with one ruling-point for each of the fork members, with which construction two parallel lines may be drawn with a single stroke of the pen. In Fig. 2 the pen is provided with two points for each fork, so that four parallel lines maybe simultaneously drawnthat is, two sets of two lines each, the lines of each set being comparatively close together Serial No. 149,865. (K0 model.)

. and thetwo sets being separated at a greater distance from each other.

Fig.1 illustrates a pen having one of its forks provided with one ruling-point and the other fork with two points. With this pen three parallel lines may be drawn at each stroke, two of them being arranged comparatively close together and the third one at a greater distance.

The number of ruling-points carried by each fork and the relative arrangement thereof may be varied to adapt the pen for different kinds of work without departing from the scope of my invention.

From the above description it will be seen that I have produced a very simple construction of ruling-pen which will be especially useful to accountants, bookkeepers, draftsmen, and others.

Having thus described the inventiomwhat is claimed as new isl. A ruling-pen made from a single blank and having a shank and an integral fork, the

extremities of the fork being bent to provide ruling-pens.

'2. A ruling-pen constructed from a single blank and having a shank and a fork, the extremities of the fork being bent into substantially V-shaped form and converging to ward the free ends thereof to form ruling-pens.

3. Aruling-pen consisting of a handle and a pen member formed from a single blank and having a shank inserted in the handle and a fork with theextremities thereof bent to providea plurality of ruling-pen members spaced apart from each other to produce parallel lines.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DUPBEE M. HALL. Witnesses: lVIAX HENNING, O. S. McGowN. 

